When you think of cycling, you probably picture lycra-clad lab rats, pumped so full of steroids their blood is congealing into a thick ketchup-like goo.

But it wasn’t always a sick science experiment: for most of its history, the Tour de France was a sadistic cocktail of cheating, violence and scarcely believable disasters. 

From itching powder in the shorts to selling children for cheese, this is its unhinged story…

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Chasse a cannette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UhT6-GntcY

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